project research Report post Posted June 27, 2011 Hello, I am and A Level student in Herefordshire, current doing and Extended Project Qualification on how behavioural optometry can help people with Aspergers and ASD. I would really appreciate any information you can give me if you have any experience of behavioural optometry. Whether you thought it resulted in improvements, what kind of therapy was involved and what treatments were recommended? Thanks, Grace Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coolblue Report post Posted June 27, 2011 Tinted lenses, made noticeable difference to gait. No noticeable difference to transposition, inversion or reversal of letters and numerals, which is why we tried it. Incidentally, we didn't go to a behavioural optometrist as such, but an optometrist who specialises in developmental problems, and a hospital orthoptist who disagreed with the theoretical model used by the optometrist. Cans of worms out there in behavioural optometry land. cb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philipo Report post Posted June 27, 2011 Tinted lenses, made noticeable difference to gait. No noticeable difference to transposition, inversion or reversal of letters and numerals, which is why we tried it. Incidentally, we didn't go to a behavioural optometrist as such, but an optometrist who specialises in developmental problems, and a hospital orthoptist who disagreed with the theoretical model used by the optometrist. Cans of worms out there in behavioural optometry land. cb 6 years ago needed weak glasses and picked a grey tint (reactolite)that goes clear out of sunlight,it made a great difference to low level anxiety.Always loathed bright sunshine,except in winter.Only diagnosed last autumn then realised I'd sorted out the tint thing myselve.New glasses in Feb2011,picked a brown tint,it was awfull in day to day use so bought some more grey tint larger lenses last month.They make no difference when reading as i'm long sighted anyway.Cant say wether I can walk any better due to severe motocycle accident last year. Funny thing tho.A year and half ago when i first started using the net i used to cover the screen with a sheet of grey plastic to reduce the contrast to stop the words in all the boxes spinning about.That was before dx.PS the nhs are in the dark ages with asd/aspergers,nice to see a pro active student!there's more hope for the future.thanks for showing your commitment to your chosen subject.philipo xFor me large lenses/grey tint everytime. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites